This sumo team is turning into a league of legends, so to speak.
Earlier today, the official Hinomaru Zumō anime website updated with five new cast members. The series will add the following:
- Mizuki Sada: Kaito Ishikawa
- Gennosuke Araki: Daisuke Namikawa
- Yūki Sanada: Yoshito
- Tsuyoshi Kanamori: Subaru Kimura
- Keiichi Mamiya: Hiroki Matsukawa
A new visual was revealed, which features the new characters. You can check it out below.
Clockwise from top-left: Mizuki Sada, Tsuyoshi Kanamori, Keiichi Mamiya, Yūki Sanada, Gennosuke Araki
Hinomaru Zumō will début on October 5. Tokyo MX, Sun TV, BS11, TV Aichi, and TVQ Broadcasting Kyushu will all carry the program.
Yasutaka Yamamoto (Servant × Service, Actually, I Am…) is directing the series at Gonzo, with Kōnosuke Uda (Days, One Piece) serving as chief director. Kii Tanaka (Donten ni Warau Gaiden: Ketsubetsu, Yamainu no Chikai, Cheating Craft) is providing character design for the project.
The show’s opening theme song will be performed by HIGE DANdism, while Omedetai Atama de Nani Yori will handle the closing theme.
The series will star the following:
- Hinomaru Ushio: Atsushi Abe
- Shinya Ozeki: Fukushi Ochiai
- Yūma Gojō: Kentarō Kumagai
- Chihiro Kunisaki: Takuya Satō
- Kei Mitsuhashi: Ayumu Murase
- Kirihito Tsuji: Takuma Terashima
- Reina Gojō: Mikako Komatsu
- Chizuko Hori: Rui Tanabe
- Kuze Sōsuke: Shunsuke Takeuchi
- Shun Kariya: Takuto Yoshinaga
- Daikeishou: Noriaki Sugiyama
- Rion Sawai: Taku Yashiro
- Daniel Stefanov: Justin Tomoro
Kawada’s Hinomaru Zumō manga launched in the pages of Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in May 2014. The ongoing series currently spans 20 volumes, with the most recent hitting retailers on May 2. Volume 21 will ship to stores on August 30.
Source: Comic Natalie
Hinomaru Zumō Anime Cast Adds Kaito Ishikawa, 4 More – Samantha Ferreira
